Thursday, December 31, 2009

The worst part of the past decade has been the loss of freedoms due to fear of terrorism, the return and subsequent acceptance of Family Guy, and the disturbing Autotune voice that is in every single song.

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

My Teefury shirts finally showed up, I guess the holidays delayed them for a bit. I ordered 3 T's from the 5$ grab bag. I really lucked out, two of the three shirts were from Designed by Humans, which are a bit higher test than teefury.

I'm using my own photos in case the links go dead.

Flutter, I knew getting in on this grab bag I could end up with some Hallowe'en T's, but I had to take that chance. So I'm going to put this T away until October. It would look real cool then, but spooky anytime before then.

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Oh boy! Santa comes tomorrow! I'm over at Mom's place, which is the place to be for gifts and festive beverages. We watched It's a Wonderful Life and then the Trailer Park Boys Christmas Special. I'm so happy to have my family with me at Christmas.

I hope you have a merry Christmas, and you are happy and with the people you love.

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I go to the movies a lot. over sixty times this year. So I have a good idea of what is worth seeing. Here is my list of the best movies out in 2009. Some are still showing and you should check them out while you can. In no order they are:

Monday, December 21, 2009

The year is wrapping up and so is the decade. A decade marred by terrorism, economic collapse and auto-tune. How can so much music suck? Billbord declared Nickleback the band of the decade, gross.

Douchebags win TV singing contests and are considered legitimate acts, so it's no surprise music sucks enough Nickleback could be considered the "best".

But not everything about this decade sucked, some really good albums came out. Notice most of these came out toward the beginning of the decade, maybe they have had longer to settle in my brain as great. I haven't heard anything lately that has had that instant classic album feeling, so here is my list, the best of the decade, in no way complete, in no way difinitive:

Wes Borland of Limp Bizkit's first solo record is sheer brilliance, epic in scope and concept, hilarious and yet to many people, unlistenable. Drugs help but are not necessary. I love this record, but it's not for everyone. I'm putting it at the top of my list because the next record is at the top of everyones list, and is starting to get smug.

This album poster has been on my wall for almost ten years now, but I still remember the day Colin showed up at O'Gorman just as school ended with Kid A in hand, a day before it's release. I remember the impromptu listening party at Jay Byck's house, and finding the secret liner notes. Everyone was expecting something different from Radiohead and they delivered. Kid A changed the game.

Weezer
Colin and I listened to all 28 minutes of Weezer's highly anticipated follow up to Pinkerton on the edge of our seats. It was the soundtrack to our summer, it was playing at every house, and in every car. You could not escape it. I let a teacher borrow it and he ended up having to buy it for his son.

I saw Peaches live at the El-mo after seeing her in a one page spread in Spin. I read about her music and knew I wanted to listen to it. That first show blew me away and I bought the LP. I love to introduce people to her hyper-danceable raunch.

A Perfect Circle,Mer De Noms
Incredible production and songwriting as well as the vocal powerhouse that is Maynard James Kennan. The follow up Thirteenth Step could not hold a candle to Mer De Noms. I'm glad I never got that APC tattoo.

Auf Der Maur
Her debut, solid. She just rocks. If you don't know it your a shitty Canadian. Can't wait for new music next year!

Tenacious D
One of the best comedy albums ever, funny lyrics with well crafted songs and Dave Grohl on drums, So overplayed in the Sam the Record Man basement, it would elicit cringes from some staff.